Author： He Yuping McPhee John
Publisher： Inderscience Publishers
ISSN： 1744-232X
Source： International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, Vol.14, Iss.2, 2007-04, pp. : 158-192
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Abstract
A systematic method is proposed for automating the design synthesis of ground vehicle suspensions. This method combines optimisation algorithms and numerical multibody dynamics software and considers ISO 2631 standard requirements on ride quality. The proposed method is tested and evaluated by optimising three ground vehicle models. It is recommended that stochastic global search algorithms be used with numerical multibody dynamics software in the initial design optimisation, whereas gradient-based algorithms should be used in the fine stage of fine-tuning the parameters. Results show that compared with suspension stiffness and damping coefficients or inertial property parameters, geometric parameters have a more significant effect on the ride quality.
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